draw parallels between

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: to indicate ways in which two distinct things are similar
The essay draws parallels between the lives of the two presidents.

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Tommy Fleetwood Earns Wild Dak Prescott Comp at Travelers Championship Tommy Fleetwood Earns Wild Dak Prescott Comp at Travelers Championship Getty Images While chatting alongside analyst Robert Damron, Schefter was asked to draw parallels between NFL quarterbacks and PGA Tour players. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 Echoing images and phrases invite us to draw parallels between the autobiographical and the invented, between life as lived and life as artistic sublimation. Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 June 2025 Apples to oranges between 1992 and now ‒ so far Republicans have begun to draw parallels between the current unrest in Los Angeles and the Rodney King riots in 1992 – comparisons Young said are completely unfounded. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 June 2025 Trying to draw parallels between him and a future Hall of Famer and two-time MVP is premature, absurd and unfair. Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for draw parallels between

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